Seascape

There`s plenty to like about the Coconut Grove Playhouse`s revival of Seascape, directed by its author, Edward Albee, and starring one of soap opera`s most enduring personalities. Henderson Forsythe, for a quarter-century Dr. David Stewart on television`s As The World Turns, is the Grove`s marquee stock this month. He`s gruffly charming as a crusty old gent, though he`s matched in the thespic department by his leading lady, Jacqueline Brooks. The two portray an elderly couple picnicking on a quiet beach.

An 11-by-16-foot seascape donated by Boca Raton muralists Robert Corrao and Amy Schubert is now part of the healing environment at Boca Raton Community Hospital's Lynn Cancer Institute. The mural, "A New Day," is on the west wall of the imaging patient waiting area and is visible from the lobby. "The mural captures the sunlight and reflects it back into the room," said Phillip Smith, the institute's medical director. "During the day, the reflected light from the mural therefore changes the ambience of the room.

Seascape won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, a testament to the show's weighty social and literary themes. But it's Edward Albee's uncharacteristic playfulness that still appeals three decades later, in a cheeky revival by the Palm Beach Dramaworks. The romantic drama is wrapped in a thin veneer of science-fiction fantasy that could just as easily have debuted on Star Trek instead of Broadway and be remade today for the Sci Fi Channel. A married couple on a deserted beach squabble over what to do in retirement, seemingly on the verge of retiring from one another, and from life, when they're joined by another pair of lovebirds.

An 11-by-16-foot seascape donated by Boca Raton muralists Robert Corrao and Amy Schubert is now part of the healing environment at Boca Raton Community Hospital's Lynn Cancer Institute. The mural, "A New Day," is on the west wall of the imaging patient waiting area and is visible from the lobby. "The mural captures the sunlight and reflects it back into the room," said Phillip Smith, the institute's medical director. "During the day, the reflected light from the mural therefore changes the ambience of the room.

The sea has spat Tracy ashore as if she were a rejected scrap of human jetsam. The waters, symbolically, have returned her to life whether she wants to be there or not. She winds up, soaked and sniffling, in the messy living quarters of Ben, her bewildered rescuer. Tracy is played by Carol Cadby and Ben by Juan F. Cejas in the two-character drama Seascape With Sharks and Dancer, written by Don Nigro and presented by the Acme Acting Company at The Strand on Miami Beach. Acme is a relatively new group of talent that takes a bold and welcome approach to theater.

An 11-by-16-foot seascape donated by Boca Raton muralists Robert Corrao and Amy Schubert is now part of the healing environment at Boca Raton Community Hospital's Lynn Cancer Institute. The mural, "A New Day," is on the west wall of the imaging patient waiting area and is visible from the lobby. "The mural captures the sunlight and reflects it back into the room," said Phillip Smith, the institute's medical director. "During the day, the reflected light from the mural therefore changes the ambience of the room.

An 11-by-16-foot seascape donated by Boca Raton muralists Robert Corrao and Amy Schubert is now part of the healing environment at Boca Raton Community Hospital's Lynn Cancer Institute. The mural, "A New Day," is on the west wall of the imaging patient waiting area and is visible from the lobby. "The mural captures the sunlight and reflects it back into the room," said Phillip Smith, the institute's medical director. "During the day, the reflected light from the mural therefore changes the ambience of the room.

I could not be more pleased with my decision to spend a recent Saturday afternoon with a group of environmentally conscious locals during the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center's Intracoastal mangrove and beach cleanup. Everyone toiled gleefully in the wooded seascape removing items both grand and small. The most cumbersome piece of refuse I observed was a massive wooden door, which at one point clearly served as the entrance to a palatial estate. Beth Mclean has been volunteering at Gumbo Lumbo for three years and said she is never surprised by the items they find.

I could not be more pleased with my decision to spend a recent Saturday afternoon with a group of environmentally conscious locals during the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center's Intracoastal mangrove and beach cleanup. Everyone toiled gleefully in the wooded seascape removing items both grand and small. The most cumbersome piece of refuse I observed was a massive wooden door, which at one point clearly served as the entrance to a palatial estate. Beth Mclean has been volunteering at Gumbo Lumbo for three years and said she is never surprised by the items they find.

KEY WEST -- The white Cessna floatplane drew away from the dock and moved slowly over the water in preparation for takeoff. Inside were four travelers on their way to one of America`s most inaccessible tourist attractions: Fort Jefferson. The only way to get there is via boat or amphibious aircraft. Jim St. Julien, chief pilot for the Key West Seaplane Service, aimed the plane west and gunned the engine. The plane picked up speed, but the ocean stubbornly refused to release its grip on the small craft.

I could not be more pleased with my decision to spend a recent Saturday afternoon with a group of environmentally conscious locals during the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center's Intracoastal mangrove and beach cleanup. Everyone toiled gleefully in the wooded seascape removing items both grand and small. The most cumbersome piece of refuse I observed was a massive wooden door, which at one point clearly served as the entrance to a palatial estate. Beth Mclean has been volunteering at Gumbo Lumbo for three years and said she is never surprised by the items they find.

I could not be more pleased with my decision to spend a recent Saturday afternoon with a group of environmentally conscious locals during the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center's Intracoastal mangrove and beach cleanup. Everyone toiled gleefully in the wooded seascape removing items both grand and small. The most cumbersome piece of refuse I observed was a massive wooden door, which at one point clearly served as the entrance to a palatial estate. Beth Mclean has been volunteering at Gumbo Lumbo for three years and said she is never surprised by the items they find.

Seascape won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, a testament to the show's weighty social and literary themes. But it's Edward Albee's uncharacteristic playfulness that still appeals three decades later, in a cheeky revival by the Palm Beach Dramaworks. The romantic drama is wrapped in a thin veneer of science-fiction fantasy that could just as easily have debuted on Star Trek instead of Broadway and be remade today for the Sci Fi Channel. A married couple on a deserted beach squabble over what to do in retirement, seemingly on the verge of retiring from one another, and from life, when they're joined by another pair of lovebirds.

The Florida Keys get all the attention when it comes to scuba diving, but South Florida's Atlantic Coast offers plenty of unique opportunities. "One of the great things about this area is this is the only area in the continental United States where you can go off public beaches and find living coral reefs," said Lauri Horner, co-owner of Underseas Sports in Fort Lauderdale. "Other states that have great diving, and in the Keys, the reefs are miles offshore. A lot of the reefs are 6 miles offshore in the Keys.

Let's get something straight: If your makeup works for you, don't change a thing. Every season makeup manufacturers release a palette of "new" shades hoping to entice women to the cosmetic bays. This summer is no different. Maybelline is promoting its Miami Chill collection of shimmering, pearlized shades like lemonade yellow and citrus green. Estee Lauder has Social Butterfly: sheer pinks, peaches and blues. "The colors were inspired by warm, exotic places," said Aerin Lauder, director of creative product development for Lauder.

"Crusty Dragon of St. George Street." It was not that painter Earl Cunningham's outward personality earned the nickname. No doubt it was the sign the artist kept prominently displayed at his combination busi-ness/-museum, the Over Fork Gallery: These paintings are NOT for sale. Born in 1893, Cunningham, an automotive engineer and self-taught painter, Surely the transplanted curmudgeon Down-easter never imagined that his distinctive folk-art paintings one day would hobnob with canvases by Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, Edward Hopper and Pablo Picasso in an acclaimed museum.

Let's get something straight: If your makeup works for you, don't change a thing. Every season makeup manufacturers release a palette of "new" shades hoping to entice women to the cosmetic bays. This summer is no different. Maybelline is promoting its Miami Chill collection of shimmering, pearlized shades like lemonade yellow and citrus green. Estee Lauder has Social Butterfly: sheer pinks, peaches and blues. "The colors were inspired by warm, exotic places," said Aerin Lauder, director of creative product development for Lauder.

"Crusty Dragon of St. George Street." It was not that painter Earl Cunningham's outward personality earned the nickname. No doubt it was the sign the artist kept prominently displayed at his combination busi-ness/-museum, the Over Fork Gallery: These paintings are NOT for sale. Born in 1893, Cunningham, an automotive engineer and self-taught painter, Surely the transplanted curmudgeon Down-easter never imagined that his distinctive folk-art paintings one day would hobnob with canvases by Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, Edward Hopper and Pablo Picasso in an acclaimed museum.

The sea has spat Tracy ashore as if she were a rejected scrap of human jetsam. The waters, symbolically, have returned her to life whether she wants to be there or not. She winds up, soaked and sniffling, in the messy living quarters of Ben, her bewildered rescuer. Tracy is played by Carol Cadby and Ben by Juan F. Cejas in the two-character drama Seascape With Sharks and Dancer, written by Don Nigro and presented by the Acme Acting Company at The Strand on Miami Beach. Acme is a relatively new group of talent that takes a bold and welcome approach to theater.

KEY WEST -- The white Cessna floatplane drew away from the dock and moved slowly over the water in preparation for takeoff. Inside were four travelers on their way to one of America`s most inaccessible tourist attractions: Fort Jefferson. The only way to get there is via boat or amphibious aircraft. Jim St. Julien, chief pilot for the Key West Seaplane Service, aimed the plane west and gunned the engine. The plane picked up speed, but the ocean stubbornly refused to release its grip on the small craft.